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ENZO "HOPKINS WILL BEAT PAVLIK"
Thurs 24th July 2008
Enzo Calzaghe yesterday told reporters how he thinks the fight between Bernard Hopkins and Middleweight king Kelly Pavlik will play out when the two meet in October.
"Bernard Hopkins will beat Kelly Pavlik, I have no doubt about that," Calzaghe told setantasports.com. Pavlik could beat Jermain Taylor because he only had a Plan A. Hopkins has a Plan A, B, C and D. Hopkins is a different class to Pavlik. Pavlik isn't in the class of a Roy Jones or Joe Calzaghe. I'm not sure on the round, but I know Hopkins will take him to school. Hopkins can nullify his punching power with his movement.
"Gary Lockett said himself: 'He beat me but he's nothing special. I know Joe would beat him'."
LACY DECISIONS MENDOZA BUT ONLY JUST!!!
Thurs 24th July 2008
Former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) won a close majority decision over Epifanio Mendoza (28-6-1, 24 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.
The fight saw both fighters rocked with the former champion Lacy rocked several times. The scores over ten rounds were 95-95, 96-94, 97-93.
Jose Armando Santa Cruz (26-3, 15 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over Miguel Angel Munguia (16-13-1, 13 KOs).
Daniel Jacobs (8-0, 8 KOs) needed just one round to finish Sergio Rios (18-9, 16 KOs)
Carlos Velasquez (8-0, 7 KOs) stopped David Vazquez (17-14-3, 10 KOs) at 1:12 of round two
JONES JR PREPARED TO WAIT!!!
Wed 23rd July 2008
Roy Jones Jr expects his Super fight with Joe Calzaghe to now take place on November 8th after the Welshman suffered a hand injury during training.
Jones said in a statement "It sounds to me as though Joe has a normal and usual injury.
"He had shown some concern recently about his hand not being ready. I still wanted to move forward with the September date, since (American television network) HBO had already laid out the red carpet for a pay-per-view success when we took the De La Hoya-Mayweather date.
"But I don't want him to be any less than his best - so if this is what it takes for that, then so be it."
"I have been informed by my people at Square Ring that the fight will most likely be rescheduled for November 8 on HBO Pay-Per-View at Madison Square Garden," he said.
"I am glad we are close to being able to put together a new date for the fight within 24 hours of learning of Joe's injury."
Jones also lifted the lid on what may be the reason behind Calzaghe not giving up his WBO title. He told various reporters
"I had originally proposed something kind of different for this fight," Jones said. "And that is that Joe and I would first weigh-in for the fight at 168lbs and fight for Joe's super-middleweight titles. Then we would step off the scales, drink some water and weigh-in again at more than 168 so that we could also fight for Joe's Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title.
"I only recall this happening once before, in the Leonard/Lalonde fight (in 1988) and I think it would really add something unique to the promotion."
Jones added: "Joe initially expressed concern about his ability to make 168 by September 19, but now that we have another seven weeks, I hope that he will go for it and that the WBA, WBO and the WBC will sanction it."
CALZAGHE INJURED, JONES FIGHT PUSHED BACK!!!
Wed 23rd July 2008
Super Middleweight king Joe Calzaghe as suffered an injury to his right hand that will force him to push back his proposed match up with Roy Jones Jr.
Enzo Calzaghe has told Setanta Sports News that the fight between Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr will go ahead in November instead, after the Welsh fighter's wrist injury led to the original September date being postponed.
"He [Joe] sprained his wrists on the pads," Calzaghe told Setanta Sports News. "It's one of those things you never want to happen, but it's happened. When he woke up in the morning with a swollen wrist, I looked at it and it looked bloody awful. It is a sad thing it happened yesterday and he needs two or three weeks off before he starts punching again. Everybody's gutted about it. Joe's absolutely distraught. What can you do about it? You've got to have common sense in this game. At the end of the day at this level you need to be safe."
JORGE RUBIO TO BE UNVAILED AS COACH FOR AMIR KHAN!!!
Tues 22nd July 2008
Amir Khan will unveal Jorge Rubio as his new coach after weeks of scouring America.
Khan as recently been spending time in America searching for a new trainer and as spoken with several top trainers including Buddy McGirt and Freddy Roach amongst others but it is now thought Khan will opt for Cuban trainer Jorge Rubio.
The coach has an impressive pedigree and worked with Mario Kindelan, who beat Khan for the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, in his former role as coach of the Cuban amateur team.
Rubio will begin working with Khan ahead of his next fight on September 6 at Manchester's MEN Arena and will fly over to Bolton next month to supervise the final weeks of his preparation.
MMA RESULTS!!!
Sun 20th July 2008
Check out our MMA section to see all the latest results from the world of Mixed Martial Arts.
It was a big weekend for MMA this weekend with the new start up organisation Affliction and UFC's fight night taking place on the same night.
Affliction's card saw the intriguing match up between Fedor Emelianenko who took on former UFC champion Tim Sylvia. The UFC Fight Night card saw P4P King Anderson Silva going up a division to face James "The Sandman" Irvin.
If you would like to see the results please click the MMA link from the navigation bar.
pOVETKIN SETS UP KLITCHKO FIGHT WITH SYKES WIN!!!
Sat 19th July 2008
We could very well have witnessed the future of the heavyweight division on Saturday night when Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs) crushed Taurus Sykes (25-5-1, 7 KOs) over four rounds. Povetkin was in command throuhgout and made it look very easy at times. The end came in the fourth after a crisp combination ended proceedings.
Povetkin will now challenge the heavyweight ruler Wladimir Klitchko which is a fight us fans are chomping at the bit to see.
Dmitry Pirog (12-0, 10 KOs) a unanimous decision over late sub Geard Ajetovic (16-3-1, 8 KOs) with the scores 100-90 (twice) and 100-91.
Jimmy Kapanov (7-0, 4 KOs) scored a eight-round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Hugo Pineda (37-5-1, 28 KOs).
OTHER WEEKEND RESULTS!!!
Sat 19th July 2008
Andy Lee (16-1, 13 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over Willie Gibbs (20-3, 16 KOs), at the University Arena in Limerick, Ireland.
Hector "Macho" Camacho (79-5-2, 38 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over Perry Ballard (20-2, 15 KOs) in a junior middleweight clash on Friday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas.
Danny Williams (40-6, 31 KOs) won a controversial twelve round majority decision over John McDermott (25-4, 16 KOs) on Friday night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England.
GAMBOA STEPS CLOSER TO TITLE FIGHT!!!
Sat 19th July 2008
Yuriorkis Gamboa (11-0, 9 KOs) moved down to the featherweight division and flattened former world title challenger Al Seeger (27-4, 21 KOs) in the very first round with a crashing right hand on Friday night in Primm, Nevada.
Gamboa is the fighter who now looks to take over the division.
OSCAR DIAZ CRITICAL AFTER BRAIN OPERATION!!!
Fri 18th July 2008
Welterweight boxer Oscar Diaz was in critical condition following brain surgery Thursday morning at the University Hospital in San Antonio.
The 28-year-old San Antonio native collapsed after the 10th round of his bout against Delvin Rodriguez Wednesday night.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oscar, his family, and all of Oscar's fans and friends in San Antonio," promoter Joe DeGuardia, the CEO of Star Boxing, said in a statement. "Oscar is a tremendous fighter and more importantly a tremendous person. We hope for the best, and ask everyone to keep Oscar in their thoughts and hearts."
Diaz collapsed in his corner and was rushed to the hospital. He had 'taken a lot of punishment' from his competitor, but was standing in his corner when he collapsed. Medical personnel had him on the way to the hospital within seconds, and he remains in critical condition with swelling of the brain at this time.
Our thoughts here at www.topclassboxing.co.uk go out to the fighter and his family and pray he has a speedy recovery.
HOPKINS V PAVLIK POSSIBLE FOR OCTOBER 18TH
Fri 18th July 2008
WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik could face former longtime niddleweight king Bernard Hopkins on October 18 at a 170lb catch weight. According to ESPN, Top Rank and Golden Boy have a deal for a 50/50 purse split, but there are still some details to be finalized. The site would be Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and the bout will be a pay-per-view telecast.
CALZAGHE ALREADY PLANNING NEXT FIGHT AFTER JONES!!!
Thurs 17th July 2008
Joe Calzaghe made it clear yesterday that he is not giving up the WBO super-middleweight title he has held for more than a decade and that he may not be retiring this year after all.
"There is no way I am going to give up my WBO title,” Calzaghe said. “I do not have a mandatory [challenger] at the moment, so I do not have to defend my title. If I beat Jones, I might move back down to super-middleweight to face Kelly Pavlik.”
“I still feel young,” he said. “It all depends on how I perform against Jones. There's a good possibility I may fight on. I need fights that motivate me. Kessler motivated me, Hopkins motivated me, Jones motivates me. And Kelly Pavlik has been hanging around.”
TONEY SCORES TKO VICTORY OVER RAHMAN!!!
Thurs 17th July 2008
James "Lights Out" Toney (71-6-3, 44 KOs) scored a controversial third round TKO over Hasim "Rock" Rahman (45-7-3, 36 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula,
An accidental head butt in round three caused the stoppage. Rahman was unable to continue suffering a cut over the eye his corner told officials that he couldnt see. The bout was then stopped by referee Ray Corona on the advice of ring doctor Paul Wallace. It was originally thought the contest would be scored a non contest but officials ruled that Rahman had indicated he couldn't see before the cut was even examined, so a TKO was ruled.
TONEY vs RAHMAN TONIGHT!!!
Wed 16th July 2008
I'm sure all you fight fans wont have forgotten about tonight fight but I thought I would remind you anyway. Tonight's fight see's two former world champions collide. James Toney will take on Hasim Rahman at the Pechanga casino in Temecula.
What makes this fight even more exciting is the fact these two fighters genuinely have a hatred for each other.
"The loser of this fight should retire," Rahman said at a news conference last month. "I'm not only going to be the guy who's going to retire James Toney, I'm going to be the first guy to knock him out as well."
"The last time we fought, he had his track shoes on for 12 rounds," Toney said of the draw with Rahman. "This time, I am coming in shape. People will doubt what I just said, and probably for good reason, so I'll let them see for themselves."
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